Gods no, Tal would not be slogging through the desert on foot ever again. The Peregrine made the world a lot more reachable though, even Caido's sweaty, stinky armpit regions.
It still beat the Feverlands, though.
"Aww. So none of the pretty ones?" he lamented, pulling his fingers back just before they brushed the enticingly colored leaves. He scowled at the offending foliage before Ru dropped a few interesting tidbits that had him sliding her a look complete with two raised brows.
"Y'never mentioned her. Or... well, much about your old family at all, really." He eyed the vines at her feet suspiciously for a moment, but when they failed to move in attack or protest he relaxed a little and continued on down the path. The sound of running water was growing clearer though the robust overgrowth though it remained hidden from view until they rounded a curve and came upon a large area open to the sunlight. Running water had formed a wide, shallow pool on the side nearest to them, with flat rocks emerging from the surface at random like the backs of brown and tan turtles. The far end looked deeper, without the rocks that littered the near basin. "Didja need a lot of poisons in your old world?"
It still beat the Feverlands, though.
"Aww. So none of the pretty ones?" he lamented, pulling his fingers back just before they brushed the enticingly colored leaves. He scowled at the offending foliage before Ru dropped a few interesting tidbits that had him sliding her a look complete with two raised brows.
"Y'never mentioned her. Or... well, much about your old family at all, really." He eyed the vines at her feet suspiciously for a moment, but when they failed to move in attack or protest he relaxed a little and continued on down the path. The sound of running water was growing clearer though the robust overgrowth though it remained hidden from view until they rounded a curve and came upon a large area open to the sunlight. Running water had formed a wide, shallow pool on the side nearest to them, with flat rocks emerging from the surface at random like the backs of brown and tan turtles. The far end looked deeper, without the rocks that littered the near basin. "Didja need a lot of poisons in your old world?"
